[DotGNU]FreeNetworks Conference 2003

[Seth Johnson]

(Forwarded from Cory Doctorow's Boing Boing Blog.  Website
text pasted below.  -- Seth)

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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:58:42 -0800
From: "Cory Doctorow" <address@hidden>
  To: address@hidden


Schuyler sez: 

The FreeNetworks Conference (FN-CON) 2003 is focused on
giving the public an in-depth  look into the the fast
growing worldwide movement of Community Wireless Networking 
(CWN).

FN-CON aims to gather the experts and implementors in
community wireless networking  groups from across the globe,
innovators from the wired community and municipal  networks,
and the technologists designing the hardware for future
phases of this amazing  movement. 

The conference will combine overviews of the technologies
and motivations, status reports  from the frontline, and
in-depth coverage of implementation details that provide
the  conference attendee with the knowledge to bootstrap a
CWN in their own locale.

Link: http://con.freenetworks.org/cfp.phtml
Discuss: http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/UzvAgqa2nyvs
(Thanks, Schuyler! [http://nocat.net])

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Posted by Cory Doctorow to Boing Boing Blog at 1/29/2003
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Overview 

The FreeNetworks Conference (FN-CON) 2003 is focused on
giving the public an in-depth look into the the fast growing
worldwide movement of Community Wireless Networking (CWN).
In the past few years, these decentralized, non-commercial
networks have gained world recognition and populist support
as the adoption of the IEEE Standard for wireless ethernet,
802.11b, more commonly known as WiFi has gained ground.
FN-CON will show you how these networks started, the
directions they are taking, and provide you with enough
technical knowledge to bootstrap your own networking group. 

FN-CON aims to gather the experts and implementors in
community wireless networking groups from across the globe,
innovators from the wired community and municipal networks,
and the technologists designing the hardware for future
phases of this amazing movement for a conference like no
other. 

The conference will combine overviews of the technologies
and motivations, status reports from the frontline, and
in-depth coverage of implementation details that provide the
conference attendee with the knowledge to bootstrap their
own CWN in their locale. 

The conference will start with one day of in-depth, hands-on
tutorial. Attendees will leave the tutorial with a working
piece of hardware that they can build, configure and
replicate for use in their own community wireless network. 

The second and third day will be done in standard fashion
with multiple tracks and multiple speakers on each track. 

Purpose 

Bring together both wireless and wired FreeNetworks
participants. 

Educate people on the benefits and impact of FreeNetworks. 

Enable people to use available technologies (802.11b and
others) and to prepare for future technologies. 

Showcase the status of FreeNetworks worldwide and learn from
the experience of the early adopters. 

Discuss upcoming social, political and technological
developments that affect the FreeNetworks movement. 

Where 

Alexis Park Resort - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 

When  June 6-8, 2003 

Call For Papers 

We are now accepting presentation proposals for FN-CON. 

Here are some possible topics that come to mind however we
are in no way limiting it to these, and we expect that you
will have some creative ideas in addition to those listed
below: 

New advanced routing protocols that could benefit Free
Networks and ad-hoc networks in general, reports on use of
said protocols in a real world environment. 

Examples of community networks in use serving a real world
purpose that may or may not be possible on traditional
carrier-built networks. 

Research and development of networking technologies that can
help further the FreeNetworks movement. 

Applications/tools which might be considered useful for
FreeNetworks. 

Hands on tutorials that will enable people to build their
own wireless router or some other cool and useful wireless
device. 

What To Send Us 

A brief description (two, three paragraphs max) of your
topic. 

Your bio, resume, portfolio or whatever you have that says
something about your experience, why you are qualified to
discuss said topic and any other major achievements you may
have accomplished. Please include URLs wherever possible. 

If you plan on doing something other than a traditional
slideshow, please let us know of any special requirements
you may have; i.e. duelling projectors, laser shows, two
turntables and a microphone. We want to know if you will
need anything other than the usual projector and PA setup. 

Contact unformation; at the very least, you must provide us
with an email address that you check on a frequent basis.
Physical address and phone numbers if you desire. 

Submit material in ASCII or PDF format to
address@hidden 

Program Committee 

SeattleWireless - Ken Caruso (Chair), Matt Westervelt 
Bay Area Wireless Users Group - Matt Peterson, Cliff
Skolnick, Tim Pozar 
NYCwireless - Terry Schmidt, Ben Serebin 
Consume - Ben Laurie 
NoCat - Rob Flickenger 
Security Travel - Tina Greene 

Sponsorship 

Think you would like to sponsor what has the potential to be
one of the coolest and most unique conferences yet? Please
let us know. 

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